巴西總統感染新冠病毒

Brazilian president tests positive

巴西總統感染新冠病毒

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro announced on Tuesday that he has tested positive for the novel coronavirus.

巴西總統博索納羅7月7日表示，他的新冠病毒檢測結果呈陽性。

Bolsonaro came down with symptoms on Monday, including a fever of 38 degrees Celsius, cough and headache, leading to a test at the Brazilian Armed Forces Hospital.

博索納羅7月6日出現高燒38攝氏度、咳嗽和頭痛等症狀，隨後在巴西武裝部隊醫院接受檢測。

Bolsonaro canceled planned visits to the states of Bahia and Minas Gerais this week, according to the state news agency Agencia Brasil.

據巴西國家通訊社報道，博索納羅取消了本週前往巴伊亞州和米納斯吉拉斯州的工作行程。

The president is considered to be in the high-risk group for COVID-19 due to his age, 65.

博索納羅因65歲的年齡，被認爲屬於新冠肺炎高危人羣。

Bolsonaro campaigned for continued economic activity and often appeared in public without a face mask and disregarded social distancing.

他近日爲重啓經濟活動頻頻奔走，出席公開活動時經常不戴口罩，無視社交距離規則。

Brazil has suffered the second largest COVID-19 outbreak in the world, just after the US.

巴西是全球範圍內新冠肺炎疫情第二嚴重的國家，僅次於美國。

The country's death toll has surpassed 66,000 on Tuesday, with over 1.66 million confirmed cases.

截至7月7日，該國新冠肺炎病亡人數已超過6.6萬人，確診病例超過166萬人。